[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9707-9708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3768]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension: Rule 489 and Form F-N; SEC File No. 270-361; OMB Control 
No. 3235-0411.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (the ``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget a request for extension of the previously 
approved collection of information discussed below.
    Rule 489 (17 CFR 230.489) under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 
U.S.C. 77a et seq.) requires foreign banks and foreign insurance 
companies and holding companies and finance subsidiaries of

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foreign banks and foreign insurance companies that are exempted from 
the definition of ``investment company'' by virtue of rules 3a-1 (17 
CFR 270.3a-1), 3a-5 (17 CFR 270.3a-5), and 3a-6 (17 CFR 270.3a-6) under 
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq.) to file 
Form F-N (17 CFR 239.43) to appoint an agent for service of process 
when making a public offering of securities in the United States. 
During calendar year 2010, approximately 13 entities were required by 
rule 489 to make 15 Form F-N submissions. The Commission has previously 
estimated that the total annual burden associated with information 
collection and Form F-N preparation and submission is one hour per 
filing. Based on the Commission's experience with disclosure documents 
generally, the Commission continues to believe that this estimate is 
appropriate. The estimated annual burden of complying with the rule's 
filing requirement is approximately 15 hours, as some of the entities 
submitted multiple filings.
    The estimates of average burden hours are made solely for the 
purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and are not derived 
from a comprehensive or even representative survey or study of the cost 
of Commission rules and forms.
    The collection of information under Form F-N is mandatory. The 
information provided by the Form is not kept confidential. An agency 
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, 
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 
control number.
    The public may view the background documentation for this 
information collection at the following Web site, www.reginfo.gov. 
Comments should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an email to: [email protected]; and (ii) Thomas Bayer, Director/Chief Information 
Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, 
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312 or send an email to: [email protected]. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days of 
this notice.

    Dated: February 14, 2012.
Kevin M. O'Neill,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-3768 Filed 2-16-12; 8:45 am]
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